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andrewbaba44:
Before Enrique make you watch vitinha for psg then you go understand

Your obsession with Vitinha is giving your tunnel vision and you are ignoring other factors. Portugal is not struggling just because of Vitinha. All the quality players in the team are not struggling just because of Vitinha.

Even if Vitinha is not as good as advertised their manager is a legendary dream killer who has been doing his thing for a long time.

drisham:
And if it's by that it means Enrique system makes him look very good

Or Martinez makes him look very bad. Bruno Fernandes, Joao Neves and Nuno Mendes have also looked very ordinary.

Ibime:
Yeah Norway, Mexico, Ireland and Italy. Ray Houghton goal for Ireland to beat Italy being the highlight

These are fountains of knowledge that cannot flow naturally from Indomie generation

And Paul McGrath's majestic performance in that match against Italy. The guy kept Baggio as quiet as possible.
For an injury prone alcoholic he was a very good player.

Ibime:
He is correct to a point

1994 World Cup was 24 teams with a round of 16 so some 3rd places got in. In Nigeria's group, Nigeria, Bulgaria and Argentina all qualified for example

It was actually in 1998 when it expanded to 32 teams so only top 2 in a group went to R16

However to get to the World Cup in 1994 was the real struggle since only 24 teams were allowed in

I was talking about the 36 teams that he mentioned.

I watched 1990 and remember Cameroon's group everybody qualified apart from Soviet Union that flogged Cameroon and Netherland's group everybody qualified apart from Egypt. Netherlands who were tournament favorites sneaked in as 3rd place.

Then famously in Italy's group in 1994 everybody had 4 points and only Norway was bounced.

MorataFC:
The best 3rd placed teams qualified only at the 1986, 1990, and 1994 World Cups. From 1998 onward, the tournament was expanded to 32 teams, meaning only the top two teams from each group advanced to the R16

Absolutely right.

MorataFC:
Yes, even in 1986 sef, that is why my post reads from 1998-2022.

Yeah

andrewbaba44:
So him reallt dey serious with that statement ?

He was right about 3rd placed teams qualifying but wrong about 36 teams.

In our group in 1994 everybody apart from Greece qualified

MorataFC:
From 1998 to 2022, the World Cup featured 32 teams. Under that format, only the top two teams from each group advanced to the R16. There was no provision for the best 3rd placed team to qualify for the knockout stage.

Best ranked 3rd place teams qualified in 1990 and 1994.

Kikelomogbenga:
3rd place teams qualifying at the world cup is not a new thing. They have been using it before the 2002 world cup when it shifted to 36teams.

Never in the history of human endeavour has someone being so wrong and so confident.

Upamecanonsense.

My boys are good. Good boys.

We should have tried our best to complete our midfield signings before this Anderson deal to Man City. I am expecting inflated prices for the remaining top midfield options in the market.

raumdeuter:
All these players I think bloomed in the mid 20s. So I will say they are generational.

Unless you are defining the term TALENT as someone young. I see it as someone with generational abilities regardless of age

_{Don't bring Dictionary for me, I am from Oyo infact same village as freddoooo, we no sabi English}

Yeah, that is where our definitions differ. An all-time great player or generational player might not have been a generational talent but get to his level with hard work, dedication, eating right, studying the game. A generational talent might drink, smoke, eat, and loaf about and waste his talent and end up being a nothing player.

AirBere:
I'm surprised that you consider him generational. If he doesn't score or have good touches against France you'll have people here calling him a division two player.

Meanwhile, what do you think of Olise?

Haaland is clearly generational. When it comes to pace, power, movement, finishing he has displayed those elements at an elite level right from teenage years. What he does well he does as well as anybody has ever done it.........and we saw the evidence right from his childhood.

andrewbaba44:
What about Michael Olise ?

He is a very good player and might end up being a better player than someone who is a generational talent. But once again, my own definition of a generational talent is something that was obvious to everybody before you turned 20.

A generational talent can lack discipline or be wrecked by injuries or bad luck and not end up being a generational player. A player who is not a generational talent can sacrifice and put in extra hard work and develop into a generational player.

SA go pay for these misses.

Ibime:
You are wrong Sir

The implication is of fast food of low quality that quickly goes soft just like their generation; unlike our generation who grew up with well curated and nutritious foods that developed our brains properly. It was around 1996 that Indomie started spreading while our generation ate better vegetable soups and solid food as children.

Leyqute:
E shock me.

R9 Nazarrio wey be hero for the hero of current football heroes.

A whole R9? Person wey invent snake bite

To be fair while he mastered snake bite it was invented by Rivellino's academy teammate Sergio Echigo and Rivelino perfected the technique and then introduced it to the world.

R9's issue is similar to Michael Jordan who was already in GOAT debates based on eye test and individual performance even before he went on his double 3-peat. Before 1998 World Cup the consensus was that R9 was one of the GOAT contenders just based on 3 years of individual football. You had to be there.

BlueRayDick:
Is this real? Video of police at a checkpoint allagedly greeting Bandits on the highway.

Nigeria done finish wallahi 😭💔 police are greeting bandits on a highway. pic.twitter.com/fUIhqcVO72

— KILIYA (@musa_kiliya) June 24, 2026

/video/1?s=46

You no see the number?

Na dat hailing save those cops lives. If not na gone too son and RIP we for dey talk.

Are we even sure they are police?

Leyqute:
I just dey laugh as I dey see those comments. 😀

At age 21 and before ever playing a single minute of world cup football, R9 had won 2 WPOTY, 1 Ballon d'Or and had broken the world transfer record 2 times.

His entire reputation was not built on the world cup. On the eve of the 1998 World Cup many fans and analysts already felt he was the best player the world had ever seen apart from Pele and Maradona.

patrickmuf:
My God! Una dey off me for here...

popizaino:
Mbappe has to score against Angels and démons before i will consider him better than R9.

You are arguing with someone that said R9's entire reputation is hinged on World Cup performances.

The same R9 that had 2 FIFA WPOTY and 1 Ballon d'Or before he ever played a single minute of World Cup football.

Ibime:
That's why I no longer pay attention to Champions League goal.record with the new format

That's why a dud like Julian Alvarez will have 6 league goals from open play in the easy La.Liga but be priced £160m.cos of stat padding in Champions League

Nah, Alvarez case is different. Something misfired inside Perez brain for that episode.

BlueRayDick:
As much as you may want to criticize Ghana for parking the bus in this match, it must be said that this English team actually lacks a creative AM.

[b]Creativity is nonexistent in this
[/b]English set-up and they are only relying on a moment of magic from any of their wingers to break the Ghanaians' low block.

Passing the ball around a million times and amassing all the possession won't win you the game. If the Ghanaians successfully defend and get a goal to seal the win, nobody should be capping about haramic football o

What happened to BlackTominay the hyena?

With this expanded World Cup footballers are about to start having roided up starts.

Imagine R9 or Romario or even young Messi/CR7 facing these Uzebekistan/Iraq/Curacao teams?

TemporaryHansel:
Lol.

Water and garri make eba.

Why did you delete the posts na?

patrickmuf:
It doesn't make sense to go very personal like that...Nobody be puking for here, and no matter what you have, you do not have it all...

That macta.ob moniker appeared to be defending Glorious.Gbola and Larr.ide but because elder knows dem no born am well to broke shame GloriousG he went after larr.ide. For no sensible reason.

See Virgin Van Dyke. No awareness. Dey jog when house dey burn.

My Orange boys dey jam. Tears in my eyes.

Trumpeters worldwide are shocked and confused.

The guy play them trump card, e shock them.

izzou:
Drinking Bottled Water can negatively affect Male fertility

cc afrodoc..

Is this true?

Yeah.

Storing water in bottles (especially warm to hot water). Using the same plastic bottle for extended periods.

Microplastics leak into the system and interfere with sperm production. Best thing is to store water in glass bottles.

Another one is microwaving food inside plastic containers. Same thing happens but much worse.
Always microwave in ceramic containers.

patrickmuf:
Since we still have Bruno, we can make do with them. One thing is certain: with them, you are guaranteed control in midfield, and that should give Bruno the freedom to attack.

Moving forward, I think that Amad should be coached to be a Bruno understudy for the time being. We also have Cunha, who can play through the middle, although he won't provide us with the same level of creativity that Bruno guarantees. However, his ability to drive into space with the ball will help free up spaces in the wings.

I agree.

This post is from 3 years

afrodoc2:
Amad is developing nicely and has impressed both at RW and No10. I am thinking he might be useful as Bruno's deputy next season, cos i prefer him there as he is just not very explosive on the wing.